On the day of 8 September 2026, Russian military forces struck the building housing the editorial offices of the 'My — Ukraine' and 'My — Ukraine+' TV channels in Kyiv. The main impact hit the newsroom and the staff's working offices. At the time of the attack, the 'My — Ukraine' channel was on live air as part of the national telethon 'United News'. According to RBC-Ukraine, citing a statement from the channel itself, there are casualties as a result of the strike. Rescue workers and medical personnel are working at the scene, providing the necessary assistance. The exact number of casualties and the full list of the strike's consequences are being verified as of the time of publication.

Strike during a live broadcast

The attack occurred while the channel's journalists and technical staff were conducting a live broadcast. This means that at the moment the drone hit, people working on air were inside the building, along with the staff ensuring the transmission. Preliminary data indicates that the damage directly affected the working spaces — the newsroom and the offices. In photographs published by the State Emergency Service (SES), the extensive destruction of the building's façade is visible: windows on several floors have been blown out, parts of the structures have collapsed, and the ground is littered with rubble of masonry, rebar, and building materials. The building that housed the editorial offices sustained significant structural damage.

Second attack in two weeks

This is already the second strike on the premises of the 'My — Ukraine' channel in the past two weeks. On 20 August, a Russian strike also damaged the building: windows were blown out, the newsroom sustained significant damage, and the ceiling in the corridors partially collapsed. A repeated attack on the same facility within a short period of time indicates the deliberate nature of the strikes on Ukrainian television infrastructure. The fact that the same building was hit again reinforces the version that media facilities are being treated by the Russian side as priority targets.

Zelensky's reaction: 'a new page of Russian degradation'

President Volodymyr Zelensky called the Russian drone strike on the media facility an attack on journalists. 'Shaheds against the media — this is a new page of Russian degradation, and there must surely be a reaction from Europe and the world to this,' the head of state declared. He emphasized that no strike on Ukraine and Ukrainians should go unpunished, and added: 'Russia must be stopped, and this is only possible through joint efforts.' The president's statement came against the backdrop of the ongoing evacuation of people from damaged areas of Kyiv and the work of emergency services at the scene of the attack.

Context: massive night attack on the capital

The daytime strike on the TV channels followed a massive night combined attack by Russia on Kyiv. As of the morning of 8 September, the night strike damaged at least 14 multi-storey residential buildings, as well as a school, a polyclinic, a supermarket, and a gas station. An office building caught fire in the Solomianskyi district, and evacuation of people continued in the Shevchenkivskyi district. On the grounds of a war crime, the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office opened a criminal case. Later, Interior Minister Ivan Vyvytskyi reported that the number of casualties from the combined night attack had risen to 16. President Zelensky stated that the Russian occupiers deliberately tried to inflict maximum damage on the peaceful population of the capital during the night strike.

Contradictory data

In open sources, as of the time of publication, there is a discrepancy in the number of casualties depending on which event they refer to. Interior Minister Ivan Vyvytskyi reported 16 casualties — however, this figure refers to the consequences of the night combined attack on Kyiv as a whole. As for the daytime strike on the building of the 'My — Ukraine' and 'My — Ukraine+' channels, the exact number of casualties was not finally confirmed as of the time of publication: statements from the channel and RBC-Ukraine only indicate that 'there are casualties,' and the data is being verified. Thus, summing up both figures without distinguishing the events would be incorrect. Moreover, in Zelensky's statement the strike is characterized as carried out by 'Shaheds,' whereas the operational reports on the night attack use the more general term 'combined attack,' which may indicate the use of various types of weaponry at different time intervals.